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Leiters Patent No. 64,497, ma May i. 1867.

IMPROVED STEAM GONPBCTION-PAN.

.TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. CROSS, of Montpelier, in the county of lashington, and State of Vermont, have invented a new and improved Steam Confection-Pan; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, anal exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingl partV of this specification.

This invention consists in arranging a funnel-shaped pan with a false bottom in a suitable frame. The shaft (or what would be the neck of the funnel) stands in the frame at an angle of about forty-five degrees. The lower portion of the pan 'forms a steam-chamber, and the funnel is revolved by suitable gearing, as will be hereinafter described. i

Figur: l represents a vertical section of the apparatus, showing the frames, the steam ptpe, the steamchamber, and the neck or hollow shaft ofthe pan.

Figure 2 represents a side view ofthe apparatus complete.

Similar letters of reference indica-te like parts.

A, g. l, is the open part of the pan; B is the steam-space or chamber; C is the false bottom; D is the neck or shaft of the pan; E is the steampipe; F represents the frame. In tig. 2, G is a reversed T pipe, which iS Stationary, und which receives the end ofthe revolvinr shaft D of the pan. This hearing or joint is designed to be steam and water-tight. The steam is conducted into the reversed T through the pipe H, which connects by a steam-tightjoint with the steam pipe E in the reversed T. J is a pipe attached to the other .end of the reversed T; this pipe is for the discharge of the water of condensation from the steam-chamber B. It will be seen that the hollow shaft or neck of the pan extends up into the steam-chalnber a short distance, and that there are holes through the upper end to admit the Water of Condensation; these holes are seen at a, iig. 1. There is a space, d, around the steam pipe E, inside of the hollow shaft D, which allows the water of condensation to pass down the hollow shaft and out at the pipe J. K is a gear-wheel attached to the hollow shaft, and L is a pinion, which is attached to a horizontal shaft, m. n is a pulley on the shaft m. The shaft may be revolved by a belt on thispulley, or by a crank on its end. This shaft m is supported by a stand, o, and by a. box, p, which is attached to the fra-me. i

When in practical operation the confectionery is pla-ced inv the pan A; the steam is let into the steamchamber B through the pipes H and E, and the pan is revolved. The bearings which support the hollow shaft D with the pan are seen atf and g.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hollow shaft D, attached to thehpa-n, the steam pipe E, passing'threugh the shaft, the reversed'T, G, and the pipes H and J, in combination with a steam confectioners pan, the whole constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as herein shown and described. i

GEORGE H. CROSS.

Witnesses:

EDWARD P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC M. WRIGHT. 

